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magician

noun

mə-ˈji-shən

Definition of magician

as in sorcerer

a person skilled in using supernatural forces the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell

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as in conjurer

one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat

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Recent Examples of magician The Israeli American magician was winning over the crowd with an uncanny name guessing trick, which involved him correctly identifying the name of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's then-unborn daughter. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Frank Thurston is a comedic magician who has performed for decades, and there are plenty of familiar bands on the night roster across the stages. — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 And the joint also was lousy with magicians, not all of whom were performing. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 But this is part of the magician’s sleight of hand, springing into life when his country need him most. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for magician

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On the wall above the bicycle hung a framed oil painting of the sorcerer Merlin and the knight Lancelot done by the Scotsman James Archer in the late nineteenth century.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of sorcerer

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One of their clients was the sculptor Richard Serra, conjurer of gargantuan things, who would change the course of Vilardi’s career.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Their conjurers, who refuse to accept the rules of the real world, can also be great fun to read about.

— Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026

Definition of conjurer

Noun

This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Or this one, where the mage Nic Cage totes Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Definition of mage

Noun

Food and drink Chefs Loice Acom and Gad Hafashimana are wizards in the Kibale Lodge kitchen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Definition of wizard

Noun

This is a witch novel, but entirely unique in the way it’s presented, complete with alternate realities, buildings that don’t work quite right and mysterious animals doing the most.

— Hannah Whitten, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
There is much fun and frivolity at the Witch and Culture Festival, but the event also acknowledges some distressing real-life history that goes along with being (or being suspected of being) a witch in Connecticut.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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